Severe weather can be a major concern for operating heavy equipment, but it is of particular concern for crane operation. Operating cranes safely under normal conditions requires highly skilled ...

CHAMPAIGN – Operating a tower crane isn't for everyone – especially if you're acrophobic, claustrophobic or clumsy. Your whole day is spent in a compact "cabin" about 200 feet in the air. Part of the ...

To the untrained eye, cranes do all the hard labor as they lift substantial amounts of material throughout the daily routine. However, if you look closer, you will see the real heavy lifters — the ...

There’s only a couple of workers among the several dozen on the 2200 Westlake construction site, near Westlake Avenue and Denny Way, who can get away with not wearing a hard hat. One of them is Willie ...

A construction union lost a years-long court battle with the city over crane-operator licensing Tuesday. But despite the defeat, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B will likely ...

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is examining dozens of instances of unlicensed workers operating cranes at city construction sites as part of its probe into two fatal crane collapses this ...